Toilet appliance.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

J. E. SMITH.

TOILET APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

TOILET APPLIANCE,

SPECIFICATION forming atter Letters Patent No. 755,181, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed July 16, 1903. Serial No. 165,824. (N 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOHN E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Etna,- in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand useful Toilet Appliance, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an; improvement in toilet appliances, and comprises means for temporarily holding atowel and a folding case pivotally secured to the towel-rack, the said case containing a mirror, brush and comb, and a pin-cushion, the various parts of the casing being adapted to fold upon themselves and the folded casing to in turn fold back upon the towel-rack.

The object of my invention is to produce a compact device of this character requiring but little room.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts described hereinafter, particularly pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my complete device, the various parts being arranged in position for use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the parts folded. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the toilet-case folded. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the journal-boxes carried by the towel-rack. Fig. 5 is a detail View, partly in section, showing means for removably journaling an end of the towel-roller. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the towel-rack, the roller being in elevation'and the upper portion of the sectional journal-block beingremoved.

In the construction of the appliance illus' trated in these drawings, A represents the base-plate of a rack adapted to rest against and be secured to a wall by suitable screws. Secured to this base and adjacent one end of same is a sectional journal-box B, each section being recessed, as shown at B, receiving the spherical head C of the roller C. The roller has flanges C adjacent each end, the ends being reduced, one end carrying the ball C. The opposite reduced end C is journaled in a block B This block has a vertical slot B extending downward from its upper edge, curved at the bottom to accommodate the rotatable roller end, the upper portion of the slot being wider than the lower portion, and the sides of the slot being notched, as at B Springs B are secured'to the upper edge of the block B, one on each side of the slot, and extend downward into the slot, their lower free ends bearing on and holding the roller end in place.. By pressing the ends of these springs into the notches the end of the roller can be lifted between them and removed from the block. An arm D is pivoted at one end to the base A and at the other end is rigidly secured to the back of'a frame E, which frame carries on its'opposite face a mirror E. Hinged to this frame is a box or tray E adapted to hold a comb and brush. The tray E is preferably hinged to the lower edge of the frame, and a second frame, E is hinged to one side of the frame A hook E engages an eye E on the frame E and supports the tray in a horizontal position when the case is open, and a hook E engages an eye E on the side of the frame when the tray is folded to closethe case, which, it will be understood, comprises a tray and the two frames. A pincushion E is arranged on the inner side of the frame E The tray E also carries hooks E, which engage eyes E on frame E. A pin F is secured to the back of the frame E and is engaged by a hook F, pivoted to the base, wh ereby the case is steadied when opened and in use. A projection or plate E is secured on one side of the frame E, the said plate resting on the top of the base A when-.the case is folded back, as shownin Fig. 2. When not in use, the tray E and frame E are folded one upon the otherand both on the front of frame E and secured by the hooks E E The hook F is disengaged and the arm D and case swung back on the base A. I A towel G is placed on the roller, and when an endless towel is used it can be slipped off over the end 0 of the roller by pressing back the spring B and lifting the roller from its bearing in the block B Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the kind described comprising TOQ a base-plate adapted to be secured to a wall, an arm pivoted to said plate, a casing secured to the arm, said arm being adapted to fold on the base-plate, a hook pivoted to the base, a pin secured to the casing adapted to be engaged by the hook when the arm is in a vertical position.

2. The combination with a base-plate adapt-- ed to be secured to a wall, of a frame having a mirror on one side, a tray hinged to an edge of said frame, a second frame having a cushion on its inner face and hinged to the firstmentioned frame, the said frames being adapted to fold one upon another, means for locking the frames together when folded, and an arm pivoted at one end to the base-plate and secured at the opposite end to one of the frames, the said frames and tray when folded being adapted to rest against the upper edge of the base-plate.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a base-plate, an arm pivoted 'to the plate, a

frame secured to the non-pivoted end of the JOHN E. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J os. L. HAHNER, JosnrH. M. REUss. 

